#3977 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Southern Green Stink Bug

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke groene schildwants ·Nezara viridula

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Davide G. Borin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Karol Ox · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Martin Klippel · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Hayath Mohammed · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Phil Bendle · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Pedro Antonio Lázaro Molinero · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Robert Briggs · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Nezara viridula , commonly known as the southern green stink bug (USA), Southern green shield bug (UK) or green vegetable bug (Australia and New Zealand), is a plant-feeding stink bug. Although believed to have originated in Ethiopia, it can now be found around the world. Because of its preference for certain species of legumes, such as beans and soybeans, it is an economically important pest on such crops.

base stats

NL sightings 265iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 63,553iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 265 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #36 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
63,553 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.